Chapter 41: We Don’t Have Much Else, But We Have Plenty of Money

The next day.

As soon as Mo Xiaobai logged in, he saw that the Dong family servants had already prepared toiletries for him. They had even carefully prepared a medicinal porridge for breakfast.

Since his Mom and Dad hadn’t logged off, there was no one at home to make breakfast. Mo Xiaobai didn’t be polite and quickly finished a huge bowl of medicinal porridge.

After eating the bowl of medicinal porridge until he was 80% full, Mo Xiaobai decided to go thank Dong Father. After all, he was living off their food and staying in their house, so he had to show some manners.

After asking a servant in the manor, he learned that Dong Father had been invited to treat a patient and usually wouldn’t return until noon.

Deciding to postpone the thanks for now, Mo Xiaobai thought for a moment and then asked: “Has your Second Miss woken up yet?”

Mo Xiaobai was looking for Dong Yiyi because he actually wanted to see those two Divine Beasts again. He had only caught a glimpse of them yesterday; he wasn’t satisfied yet and hadn’t even taken a photo with them.

“The Second Miss got up early. She said she was taking Big Yellow out for a walk and might not be back by noon.”

Dong Yiyi is gone too?

Alright, let’s go out and take a look around ourselves.

Mo Xiaobai shook his head and walked out of Dong Residence alone. Once outside, he immediately hailed a carriage to take him to the East Market, the place they had passed when they first entered the city.

Upon arriving at the East Market, Mo Xiaobai asked for directions briefly and headed straight for the largest pharmacy in the East Market, “Cheng Ji”.

Usually, one could ask the Dong Family to purchase medicinal herbs, but Mo Xiaobai needed a large quantity. Although the Dong family practiced medicine, they did not deal in herb trading. To buy herbs in bulk, he had to find merchants in the city.

“Cheng Ji Pharmacy? Is this the place?”

Mo Xiaobai looked up at the signboard of a three-story building and stepped onto the stairs. Just as he was about to enter, a familiar voice came to his ears:

“Welcome, honored guest, to Cheng Ji Pharmacy.”

Hmm?

That voice?

Mo Xiaobai turned around in surprise. He happened to see a young girl dressed in ancient-style clothing but clearly adopting a modern salesperson’s posture standing next to him.

“Player?”

“Huh? Oh, you’re a Player too?” The girl was startled at first, then realized the meaning.

“That’s right, I’m a Player too.” Mo Xiaobai nodded cheerfully, casting a quick glance over the girl. He guessed the general situation in his heart.

She was likely a Player who had lost their Territory and came to work at the pharmacy.

That was actually quite smart.

Hearing Mo Xiaobai speak, the salesgirl immediately smiled: “Eh, you’re a Player too? This is the first time I’ve seen a Player. What are you here for? Buying medicine?”

“Yes, I first want to find your boss.”

“Why do you need the boss? We aren’t hiring anyone.” The girl was smiling brightly a second ago, but her face changed instantly the next moment. She looked at Mo Xiaobai with full caution.

Although Cheng Ji Pharmacy was large, it didn’t need that many employees. One person for one spot. She didn’t want to be squeezed out by someone just a few days after she started.

“Cough, cough, I don’t have time to work here either.” Mo Xiaobai shook his head helplessly. Seeing the girl still didn’t believe him, he helplessly took a glittering Gold Coin from his personal assets.

“Now, do you believe me?”

“Wow, you actually have a Gold Coin!”

The girl’s voice shot up at that moment, and she spoke much more urgently: “Since entering the Plane, I haven’t even saved up enough assets for a single Gold Coin yet.”

“Do you believe me now?”

“Yes, yes, I believe you. I’ll go find the boss. You must wait there and not leave.” The girl finally believed Mo Xiaobai wasn’t there to steal her job. At the same time, she calculated in her heart how many medicinal herbs this tycoon Player might buy.

She had signed a commission contract here. How much she sold directly affected her income. If this tycoon bought a little more, she might break the one-Gold Coin mark in her private savings after receiving her commission.

A moment later, a short, fat middle-aged man with twinkling small eyes walked down from the second floor. He looked at Mo Xiaobai with a merchant-like smile:

“Xiao Bai said a big business deal was coming, I didn’t expect an honored guest to arrive. I am Cheng Qian. Please forgive my rudeness.”

“She was right. Yes, there is indeed a big deal coming today.”

“That’s even better. Please come upstairs, come upstairs. Xiao Bai, quickly brew a pot of Longjing tea. Use the new tea that my old friend from the Great Ming Dynasty sent me last month.”

The Fatty said this cheerfully, gesturing with his hand for Mo Xiaobai to go upstairs.

At the same time, the girl named Xiao Bai standing next to the Fatty looked at Mo Xiaobai with even more surprise.

The boss, who was usually stingy and cheap, was actually willing to treat a guest with his most treasured tea?

And he was treating a Player?

The sun must have risen from the west!

However, despite the surprise, Xiao Bai quickly went to brew the tea. This was the boss’s order. If she didn’t do it well, her wages would certainly be deducted.

“Baron, your visit to our small shop truly brightens our humble home.”

Arriving at a private room on the second floor, the Fatty sat heavily on a cushion and spoke: “May I ask, Baron, what herbs do you wish to purchase this time?”

“A lot. I can’t even remember them clearly. Physician Dong wrote down a list. Boss, please take a look first.”

Mo Xiaobai was not trained in medicine. His understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine was extremely limited, so how could he remember so many herbs? He immediately took out a list of medicinal herbs.

“Oh? Let me see. Yo, isn’t this the handwriting of Jun Xin?”

“Does the boss know Miss Dong Zhen?”

“Not only does he know her, hey, that girl came here often since she was a child.” The Fatty smiled in a strange way. It was hard to tell if he had some bad habits.

But Mo Xiaobai understood the meaning behind the words. Dong Zhen must have completed her “self-taught” learning in her childhood at the Cheng Family Pharmacy.

Of course. If there wasn’t even a good learning environment, even the most godly Talent would lead to a futile outcome.

“The herbs are no problem, we have them all here. But regarding the quantity…”

After scanning the entire list at a glance, the Fatty boss’s face turned somewhat bitter: “Baron, this puts me in a difficult position. If I were to sell according to the quantities on this list, I would have to clear out more than half of my shop. And regarding the price!”

“The price is easy to talk about. We don’t have much else, but we have plenty of money.” Mo Xiaobai knew that medicinal herbs were always very expensive. He directly pulled out 100 Gold Coins.

One hundred Gold Coins!

They scattered on the table between the two of them with a jingling sound!

In an instant, the entire second floor was left with only the sound of metal clashing echoing repeatedly.

Seeing the table full of Gold Coins in front of him, even the Fatty who managed such a huge business as Cheng Ji Pharmacy was stunned for a long time and couldn’t snap out of it.

Money, he had seen.

Gold, he also had.

But every time he bought or sold goods, his income was at most five or six Gold Coins. Although the amount was large year after year, he had never conducted a business deal with a single payment exceeding one hundred Gold Coins.

One hundred Gold Coins!

According to the normal ratio where 1 Silver equals 100 Copper and 1 Gold equals 100 Silver.

How much is 100 Gold?

One million Copper Coins!

He would really have to clear out the entire Cheng Family shop to stop.

As a merchant and a somewhat famous merchant in the Prefecture City, seeing this 100 Gold, saying he wasn’t tempted was absolutely false. But after thinking it over and over again, the Fatty finally gritted his teeth: “Baron, you are putting me in a difficult spot. This deal is too big. My Cheng Family shop simply cannot afford so much stock at this time.”

“Please, Baron, take your Gold Coins back and find another buyer.”